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By Don Audette
Special to the Rappahannock News
In the 1950s, Clevenger’s Restaurant was the place to be. In fact, it is the main reason why the intersection of U.S. 211 and Route 229 in Culpeper County is now known as Clevenger’s Comer.
Locals from Rappahannock, Culpeper and Fauquier Counties would sometimes have to wait to get into the restaurant, where a statuesque Mrs. Clevenger would preside over her flock, meeting and greeting people, sitting down with them to catch up on the latest news, and introducing people to other people.
Those of a “certain age” remember the good food and family atmosphere, and especially the personality of Mrs. Clevenger, also known as “Mrs. Clev.”
But her husband, Charlie Clevenger, “Mr. Clev,” was the one who made it all possible. If his wife wanted a family restaurant, she shall have it. If she wanted a motel for travelers, one would be built for her.
Charlie, a modest man, quiet and easy going, was forever sitting back, somewhat baffled at what Mrs. Clevenger would do with these entrepreneurial adventures.
In a recent afternoon-long interview with people who knew the Clevengers well, it was evident that Charlie and Bertha Clevenger had made a deep impression on them.
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